TORONTO – Global News in Ontario will launch the “most modern and innovative newscast in local news” beginning Monday. Called ‘News Hour Final’, the hour-long late-night local news program will... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG – In an internal memo sent late Friday, Canwest CEO Leonard Asper encouraged staff to “keep doing what you do best”, saying the company “will get through this –... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Camera operator Wayne Clark has been chosen to receive the 2009 RTNDA Lifetime Achievement Award in the Atlantic Region by the Association of Electronic Journalists. The award will be... Continue Reading
TORONTO – A Channel Windsor/Wingham will be closed, station owner CTV Inc. announced today. Thanks to the “ongoing structural problems facing the conventional television sector in Canada and the current... Continue Reading
HAMILTON – While the vultures encircle a faltering Canwest Global Communications, most of whom are trying to pry the company’s valuable specialty channels away, the 100 or so people working... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Chum Radio has cut 40 staff positions as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce operating expenses. The CTV-owned company issued a statement Thursday, saying that the 17... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - New media regulation that is “moderate and constructive, but resolute” is needed to promote and safeguard Quebec’s musical culture, the Association québécoise de l'industrie du disque, du spectacle et... Continue Reading
A GROWING SENTIMENT AMONG many industry folks is that the carefully (and sometimes not-so-carefully) constructed, heavily regulated, TV system we have built here in Canada can not withstand the global... Continue Reading
DARTMOUTH, NS – Radio company Newfoundland Capital Corporation (NewCap) saw a fourth quarter net loss of $3.9 million, which contributed to a $4.4 million net loss for its fiscal 2008.... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The financial picture isn’t looking any brighter for Canwest Global Communications, as both Moody's Investors Service and DBRS downgraded the media conglomerate’s ratings this week. Moody’s downgraded Canwest Media’s corporate family... Continue Reading
